While I wasn’t able to make AAR/SBL this year, friends sent along some photos to let me know that my pig book made an appearance and was gone by today!

Penn Press and @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social are delighted to announce that @thejqr.bsky.social will become fully Open Access beginning with the winter 2026 issue (coming in January)! www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...

Today in the history of Jews and the pig

In case you want to stock up tor wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, birthday, Hanukkah, Christmas, anniversary, or presents for any occasion, NYU Press has my book on 60% off sale thus month! Just use code NYU60 at checkout nyupress.org/978147983149...

As of today, Forbidden is officially an audio book!

Good morning!

Spotted at a local coffee shop: a story in two posters

Today’s pig-related news: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

The Wisconsin angle

How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine. Krista N. Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts is out now—learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

everyone pack it in, professor bonesho wins by a landslide

Mental health therapists at Veterans Affairs should begin sessions with patients saying they are in a shared office space, a memo obtained by NPR says. Trump's back-to-office orders start Monday for VA.

Want to hear me talk more about Jews and the pig? Check out this podcast!

New issue of Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Vol. 37, No, 2 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... On Whose Terms? @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @profrosenblum.bsky.social

Brought some lite reading to keep myself busy while I wait for my kid to get a haircut

Hot off the presses: I co-edited an awesome special issue of Theory & Method in the Study of Religion that just came out: brill.com/view/journal...

Searching for my recent book on Amazon led to some interesting search results…

@sarahebond.bsky.social's amazing book Strike is included among @newyorker.com's brief book notes this week!

Swag from a fun party last night @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social

Another podcast about my pig book. In this one I’m asked at the end to tell my favorite pig joke: www.eatthispodcast.com/pigs/

“Forbidden: A 3,000 Year History of Jews and the Pig” by @profrosenblum.bsky.social demonstrates how the pig — as animal, metaphor and lunch — has shaped how Jews understand themselves and how others view Jews.

New podcast interview about the pig book: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Your official invitation to the 74th National Jewish Book Awards is here! We can't wait to see you on March 12th for this celebration of the incredible contributions to Jewish literature made by our winners and finalists. Reserve your tickets today. bit.ly/4h5LAcW

From today’s mail! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

This is my emotional support babka

Thanks to the @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social my book’s cover has a cool new update

So… I won a thing

So… I won a thing

For some reason, no one complained when I suggested we move every meeting today from in person to Zoom….

Read some great food history!

Fun fact: the earliest historical accounts of Hanukkah have a lot more to say about not eating pig than anything to do with oil. Some good food for thought while eating Chinese food (another pig-related story from 2,000 years later)

A sentence I never thought I’d utter: my book was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Cheapest I’ve seen my new book sell for and it arrives in time for Christmas (and Hanukkah)

While I am sad to miss AAR/SBL this year, I’m glad so many people have just joined Bluesky so I can find out all the stuff I’m missing!

While there are a variety of takes on the Netflix show “Nobody Wants This,”it’s important to note that its use of the pig across multiple episodes to discuss Jewish and non-Jewish identity was exceptionally well done

Forbidden: Top New Release in (checks notes) Kosher Cooking